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> Not only was it not a failure upon its eventual release, but Windows 2000 evolved in 2001 into the consumer-grade Windows XP

esr was talking about server OSes, and he proved to be right in the end. Today Windows server ecosystem survived only in deeply entrenched corporate niches or as a legacy payload. No one in their right mind will not start a new project on MS SQL or IIS. Even .Net server development moved to Linux eventually.




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